Schizophrenia And Related Disorders Alliance Of America

Policy & System Level Change: The Organization backs federal, state, and local policies with the best chances to save lives, advocate for patients rights to life sustaining treatments/services and medical professionals ability to provide such treatments without judicial oversight. The Organization empowers community members to join movements against discrimination of people with schizophrenia and psychosis disorders, including meetings with Congressmembers and by hosting capitol hill briefings.The Organization also promotes public awareness of anosognosia as a neurological condition advances initiatives such as petitioning the World Health Organization to update its International Classification of Diseases by accurately classifying anosognosia as a highly prevalent neurological condition to make it easier for patients with anosognosia to receive proper care.

Research:The Organization funds research such as:1. Seeking new disease biomarkers and other early disease indicators that could improve diagnosisand treatment.2. Quantifying the societal costs of schizophrenia and related disorders, underscoring the country's devastating failure to provide appropriate medical care for people living with schizophrenia and the urgent need for policy changes to promote comprehensive solutions.3. Surveying caregivers of adults with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to spotlight the diseases' negative impact on finances, career, and family lives.